Like a Buddy Cop film, but where your buddy is the president

Olympus Has Fallen

  • R
  • 119 minutes
  • Action, Thriller

Disgraced Secret Service agent (and former presidential guard) Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.

Release Date
March 22, 2013
Tagline(s)
We are never stronger than when we are tested.; When our flag falls our nation will rise.
Director(s)
Antoine Fuqua
Writer(s)
Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt
Leading Cast
Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Finley Jacobsen, Dylan McDermott
Budget
$70,000,000
Box Office
$98,925,640 $170,270,201
Rotten Tomatoes
48% 66%
IMDB
6.5 / 10
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White House Down

  • PG-13
  • 131 minutes
  • Action, Drama, Thriller

While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.

Release Date
June 28, 2013
Tagline(s)
Director(s)
Roland Emmerich
Writer(s)
James Vanderbilt
Leading Cast
Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke
Budget
$150,000,000
Box Office
$73,103,784 $205,400,000
Rotten Tomatoes
51% 62%
IMDB
6.4 / 10
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